If I recall correctly (and that is up for debate...) that seat binder bolt Ha s a distinctive look, rather "round shouldered", and was made for Confente by a Welshman named Alex (ander?) Hague who had a lively accessories business in the late 1970s early 80s...
You could order all sorts of neat things from this concern: frame building bits with your name engraved, tandem elliptical bb shells, custom seat binder bolts, frame building jigs, Rann trailers, etc., etc. I bet some CR list member still has a copy of his catalog?
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA http://www.classicrendezvous.com
Otis <otis@otisrecords.com> wrote: "Well that is an interesting part, too bad it is kinda beat up. It doesn't look like it is chromed, I would think most of the Confentes out there are show bikes, it certainly would not look appropriate on a nice bike. Now if someone had a early 70's bike that was well ridden, used as a racing bike but not abused, well then that binder bolt would look right at home on a bike like that. I wonder if there is such a bike? ( ;
Back to the question of weather Mario made components, my guess is that he had that made But that is just a guess, am certainly not an expert on what Mario did or didn't do just a big fan of his bikes
John Waner"
The binder looks just like the ones used in Medici's. Except for the lettering which would then read "Rexart Medici". I wrote the seller and he said the binder did come out of a Medici.
Jon Williams
Grants Pass OR USA